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11TH Edition Bluejacket's Manual 1943   later printing

Author(s):  None listed
Cover:  Black or light Gray-Blue hardcover with Gold lettering w/square corners
 
THE BLUEJACKETS' MANUAL
- 1943
Copyright Date:  1938, 1939, 1940, 1943 by U. S. Naval Institute
Printing Date: assumed printings for this edition:
 
1st printing, March 1943
 2nd printing, May 1943
 3rd printing, January 1944
printing code and location:
 Codes are listed reverse side of title page -
3rd  photo
 
Code shown  1-1-44-50 NP = January, 1944
  other known codes:
 assume the letters are different printing locations
 
3-1-43-50 IG (Mar43)? LI 5-3-50 (May43)
Title Page: front: - 2nd photo
 THE - BLUEJACKETS' - MANUAL  -  UNITED STATES NAVY
 1943 - ELEVENTH  EDITION  -  Price $1.25 Postpaid
 
United States Naval Institute - Annapolis, Maryland  - 1943

back: - 3rd photo
 
COPYRIGHT  1938, 1939, 1940, 1943  -  BY  -  U.  S.  NAVAL  INSTITUTE  -  ANNAPOLIS,  MARYLAND
  1-1-44-50 NP

opposite: - 4th photo
 
Man the AA and watch the skys!

Number of Pages:  1145 pages including table of contents and additional 4 page index
Number of Chapters:  41 chapters in 8 parts & 3 color plate appendix - table-of-contents
Preface/Forward:  Forward to the 9th by CAPT G. V. Stewart (April, 1939) - 5th photo
 
Forward to the 10
th by CAPT G. V. Stewart (June, 1940) -
6th photo
 Forward to the 11
th by RADM A. T. Church (September, 1943) -
6th photo
Introduction:  Introduction by William D. Leahy (March, 1938) - 5th photo
 Introduction by LCDR Edward H. Doolin (September, 1943) - 7th photo
Construction:  Thin, fabric covered, semi-hard cover, thick standard book form w/rounded corners
Text on Spine:  THE - BLUEJACKETS' - MANUAL - 1943   UNITED STATES - NAVAL INSTITUTE - ANNAPOLIS, MD
Size:  7¾" x 5" x 1¾"
Remarks:  War edition, many items added, better quality than the sq corners books
 Over 1,000,000 total 1943 11
th editions printed.
Price:  $1.25 postpaid  -  all the later, square corner have the price on the title page, earlier round corner doesn't
Publisher:  United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD.
Printer:  None listed

 

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Chapters & Table-of-Contents
As stated in the Forward to the Eleventh Edition (5th photo) this is a complete revision of the BJM.

FULL COLOR PLATE APPENDIX
These plates follow the Table-of-Contents and precede the chapters.
Plate I. Flags of Principal Maritime Nations
Plate II. Flags of Principal Maritime Nations
Plate III. Distinctive Flags and Pennants
   
PART ONE
SUBJECTS ALL ENLISTED MEN SHOULD KNOW
   
1. (A) Discipline and Duty
2. (B) What the Navy Offers
3. (C) Enlistments in General, Advice ti Recruits, Service Records, Honorable Discharge, Re-enlistments, Offenses and Courts-Martial, Discharges for Cause
4. (D) Pay and Accounts
5. (E)  Naval Customs.  Naval Organization
6. (F) General Characteristics of the Ships of the Navy
7. (G) General Features of Ships of the Navy  of Different Classes
8. (H) Features of Ship Administration and Routine.
9. (I) Aim and Objective of all General Drills
10. (J) Regulations in Regard to Uniform and Clothing
11. (K) Personal Hygiene and First Aid
12. (L) Painting and the Preparation of the Surface Therefor
13. (M) Learning to Swim
14. (N) Athletics
PART TWO
DECK SEAMANSHIP
   
15. Cordage (Fiber and Wire Rope), Canvas
16. Seaman Duties
17. Securing to a Dock, Securing to a Buoy, Ground Tackle, Mooring
18. Handling Heavy Weighs, Hoisting and Lowering Boats and Planes, Paravanes, Towing, Fueling at Sea
19. Seaman Watches
20. Duties of Deck Petty Officers, Precedence, Glossary of Sea Terms, Honors and Ceremonies

 

PART THREE
BOAT SEAMANSHIP
   
21. Boats
22. Rowing, boats Under Oars, Lifeboats
23. Sails and Sailing
24. Power Boats
25. Power Boat Utility
PART FOUR
ELEMENTS OF NAVIGATION AND PILOTING
   
26. Compasses and Bearings
27. Navigation Instruments and Equipment
28. Navigational Aids and Hazards
29. Rules of the Road
30. War Emergencies and Small Boat Navigation
PART FIVE
COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNALS
 
30. Communications, Visual Signaling, Special Signals, Pyrotechnics
PART SIX
GUNNERY
 
32. Ammunition, Magazines, Safety Precautions, Gunnery Qualifications
33. Small Arms
34. Machine Guns
35. Heavy Guns
PART SEVEN
LANDING FORCE
 
36. Drill Positions and Steps, Marching, Manual of Arms
37. Physical Drill with Arms, Bayonet Exercise
38. The Rifle Squad, The Rifle Platoon, The Rifle Company, Close Order, Extended Order
39. Landing Force Equipment
PART EIGHT
TECHNICAL FEATURES, COMPONENTS OF THE NAVY, SHIP FACILITIES
 
40. Concerning Liquids, Gases and Electricity
41. Navy Special Services and Facilities

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